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[Vela]

Those are great pics! I love those action shots of Travis. GSD are one of my favorite breeds. Thanks so much for sharing. If you still keep having problems with his weight you can maybe give us some more details in the future and maybe somebody here can help with some feeding advice, etc.

The little ones are adorable too, but I'm more of a big dog fan so I always gravitate towards them first, although there are many adorable small dogs here, attached to some very nice people!

[pitc9]

Yippeee!!!!! Another GSD!!
WELCOME!!! My name is Angie and I am the Pet Talk's local GSD nut!
I have Sierra (Sable) and Buddy (blk n tan) Both were resuces.
Both of mine had problems putting weight on too.
It took Sierra until she turned 4 to start looking "normal" She could never get above the mid 60's. I always had people asking me "Is she sick?" But now she's at 72 and looks great!! She just turned 5 last month.
I had blood work run for Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency or EPI . You should read up on it, and see if it's something you should talk to you vet about. It's very common in GSD's.
My Buddy was only 76 pounds when I adopted him at 1 year old. I finally had him up to a healthy 90 pounds, but just over a month ago he went through a bad spell with worms and wound up in the hospital on an IV and lost 12 pounds. So that knocked him down to 78. Like fighting an uphill battle!
He'll be 4 in December.
What kind of food do you feed him?
How much per day does he get?

[3GSDMom]

Yippeee!!!!! Another GSD!!
WELCOME!!! My name is Angie and I am the Pet Talk's local GSD nut!
I have Sierra (Sable) and Buddy (blk n tan) Both were resuces.
Both of mine had problems putting weight on too.
It took Sierra until she turned 4 to start looking "normal" She could never get above the mid 60's. I always had people asking me "Is she sick?" But now she's at 72 and looks great!! She just turned 5 last month.
I had blood work run for Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency or EPI . You should read up on it, and see if it's something you should talk to you vet about. It's very common in GSD's.
My Buddy was only 76 pounds when I adopted him at 1 year old. I finally had him up to a healthy 90 pounds, but just over a month ago he went through a bad spell with worms and wound up in the hospital on an IV and lost 12 pounds. So that knocked him down to 78. Like fighting an uphill battle!
He'll be 4 in December.
What kind of food do you feed him?
How much per day does he get?

Nice to meet someone as in love with the breed as myself!
Your dogs are gorgeous! I'd love a sable for my next GSD.
Travis is my second GSD, the first one was also a Black and Tan.

Travis weighs 76lbs (I was surprised he weighed that much)

Right now he is getting Purina, but I am looking into changing his food to a better kind. (Again, the wonderful people at the GSD forum are helping me with that )

I use a drinking glass as his food scooper (its fairly large). I'd say its about a cup and half every meal? I've recently increased his kibble amount as well.

[Vela]

To me it sounds like he's not getting enough to eat, 3 cups of purina a day is not enough for a dog his size, I don't beleive. Since you are changing to be a better quality food then 3 cups a day imight be enough, but many dogs eat 4+ cups of purina types foods a day just to try to maintain weight, as it's mostly full of fillers. What food did they recommend to you on the GSD board?